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Confidently Fastrack Merchant Risk Assessments with Ekata’s Merchant Onboarding API and SaaS Solutions

We are thrilled to launch two new solutions to better enable merchant onboarding: our Merchant Onboarding API and the Merchant Review web app. With the global pandemic accelerating the already-existing trend of people starting their own businesses (in the U.S. alone, we recorded 30 million small merchants and 40 million independent contractors in 2020), the […]

4.6.2021

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Optimizing Fraud Management in the Asia Pacific Digital First Economy

A discussion into the changing APAC digital landscape The Rise of the Digital Economy Here’s what we already know: the potential of the digital economy – the broad range of economic activities that use digitized information and technology to drive productivity growth – has been recognized for decades by numerous business leaders, innovators, researchers, and […]

4.4.2021

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2021 CNP Awards – VOTING NOW OPEN!

Ekata is thrilled to announce our nomination for the 2021 CNP Awards – a highly sought-after award that honors the companies, programs, and solutions that have distinguished themselves in the card-not-present space throughout the year. As our CEO Rob Eleveld states, “As the winners of both the Judge’s Choice award and the People’s Choice award […]

3.26.2021

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When Identity Verification Becomes a Double-Edged Sword

Original author is Kurt Weiss, Director of Enterprise Sales at Ekata The financial system’s reliance on antiquated identity verification is a double-edged sword, cutting into both new revenue streams from the underbanked while exposing financial institutions to increased attacks from synthetic identities. The underbanked, those without sufficient access to financial institutions, represent a key […]

3.17.2021

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How a Probabilistic Approach to Know Your Customer Increases Efficiency

Original author is Kurt Weiss, Director of Enterprise Sales at Ekata Working in the identity verification space, I am often asked by financial institutions for information regarding our “email-to-name” coverage. While I’ll take any opportunity to boast about how Ekata’s 20+ years of data sourcing has created one of the most intelligent identity graphs […]

3.4.2021

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PSD2 Q&A with Peter Bayley

In December of 2020, we spoke to Peter Bayley, former Global Head of Ecosystem Risk Oversight and Strategy for Visa and current senior associate at Allyiz (former STRATgranat) about his insights on PSD2. We want to share some of the Q&A here: Let’s start with an easy question: Is PSD2 a good thing? The […]

2.26.2021

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2020: A Year of Non-Stop Global Growth and Expansion for Ekata

This month at Ekata we recapped a remarkably successful 2020 despite the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Our company significantly grew our global customer base and revenues, gained momentum in the financial services and payments sector, expanded our product portfolio, and drove significant growth in Europe and Asia-Pacific through our global offices and data infrastructure. One of […]

2.15.2021

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Ekata Executive Series, Part IV: The Global Fraud Arbitrage Beast and the Necessity of Machine Learning

Good day and welcome to my last 2020 quarterly CEO synopsis, and what a year it has been. In this, I outline the dynamics I see developing in the global identity verification (IDV) market and highlight Ekata’s response to continuous market demands. I increasingly try to blend verified third-party research with our first-hand customer and […]

2.10.2021

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Case Study: Reduced False Declines and Increased Monthly Revenue Through Ekata Risk Scores

While the approach to capturing fraud and false declines varies from company to company and from industry to industry, one thing is certain: implementing an end-to-end identity verification solution into your risk assessment model is essential. In this case study, Ekata performed a historical analysis on previous transactions accepted and declined by a client prior […]

2.1.2021